Expert: Jim Kason - 12/17/2009

Question
I recently submitted a question, looking for a movie with Rudolph Valentino auditioning as a dancer.  Here is more info. another actor that is also the movie with Rudolph Valentino is in a movie called Saboteur.

Thanks!  

Answer
Hi LaFreda,

I'm hoping that I may have an answer for you,....but it may not be of much help.

Rudolph Valentino did a number of films in the 1920's, but usually played dramatic parts, where a single Tango number might be included.
Remember, that was 80 years ago, so I  doubt that your mother was remembering one of those films.

But, I think that you might be looking for a Film Biography that was made about him in 1951,...Columbia Studios' "VALENTINO", starring
Anthony Dexter, Eleanor Parker and Otto Kruger (who was also in "Saboteur").   In it,  Valentino is shown in his early years as a dancer, trying
to make it in clubs, etc.

In 1977, United Artist's made another "Valentino" story starring Rudolf Nuryev and Leslie caron, but I doubt that this is the film you want.

Unfortunately,  the 1951 film has never been releasd on VHS or DVD.   So your only chance of finding a copy would be to check:
www.google.com  (under  "Valentino" or "Rudolph Valentino")  to see if any private party might have a copy taken from TV.
I think that the following site may have a copy (for $25),..but then, it may not be what you're looking for:
http://robertsvideos.com/browse.php3?alpha=V

Sincerely,
Jim K.